Rubber heel for boots or shoes.



No. 7|2,8|6. .Patenten Nov. 4, |902.

G. w. LEwToN.

RUBBER HEEL FOR BOOTS ORYSHOES.

(Application filed Oct. '18, 1900.)

(N o NI edel.)

UNITED STATES vPATENT Q'FEicE.'

GEORGE WILLIS LEWTON, oF DES-MOINES, IowA.-

RUBBER HEEL FOR BOOT\S`ORSHOES.

o SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 712,816, dated November' 4, 1902.

` Appleman nea otto-ber' 18.1906. serial No. 33.495. (No modem To all ,whom tun/wy concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE "WILLIS LEW`- TON, acitizen of the. United'State's, residing at DesMoines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefnlRubber I-Ieel for Boots or Shoes, ofwhichl the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to rubber heels for boots.

The object of the invention is to provide aA rubber heel whichy may be readily attached to a boot orshoe and which when once positioned thereon will be positively held from disengagement therewith.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear asthe nat-ure of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a rubber heel for boots, as will be hereinafter fully described and. claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there are illustrated four forms of-embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, lit bcing understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape,

proportion, and exactmanner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings- Figure 1 is a iew in sectional elevation of. a portion of a boot or shoe showing the heellifts having associated therewith the im? proved heel of this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the heel detached; Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the prei ferred form of fastening device to be associated with the rubber heel.- Fig. 4 is a'perspective view of a modified form of fastening device. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of a boot or-shoe heel show ing a modified form of fastening device associated with the rubber heel. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View of a form of fastening and 2 the rubber heel, which may be of any suitable or desired thickness and has associated with it a plurality of fasteners or atflat presenting bases 7, the distance between the base of the upper head and `the rounded surface of that below andthe distance between the base of thelowerhead and the upper surface of the heel being equal to the thickness of the heel-lifts, whereby when positionedl within the lifts, as shown in Fig. 1, the bases will bear upon the upper surfaces thereof and will thus be firmly held associated therewith against movement, the'vertical ythickness of I the upper` head being less than the' thickness of the heel-lift above it, thus to prevent penetration of the lift and consequent discomfort to the wearer of a shoe equipped with the heels of this invention. This feature is common to all of the forms shown and constitutes one of the'essential features of the inventin. In positioning the heel upon a shoe the necessary number of holes of a suitablesize are formed in the leather lifts, and into these holes the heads are forced, and the bases catch upon the upper portions of the-leather lifts and draw the rubber heel closely thereagainst. When the projections are forced into the heel, the leather yields laterally and afterward vpasses in below the bases, so that the latterl firmly take'into the leather and are thus held associated therewith. o

In the form of embodimentof the invention exhibited in Fig. 4 the number4 of heads is shown as increased to four for application lto a greater number of lifts, it being understood 'that this number niight vbegreater or less than four, as three, ve, or six.

In the form of embodiment of theinventin exhibited in Figs. 5 and 6 afurther modification in the form -of fastening device is shown,

the difference overl what has already been described being that the heads S of the fastening devices are conical;I but the bases 9 are flat, as in the other figures. It is to be un- IOO derstood that the number of heads'may beincreased in this form of fastening device, if found necessary or desirable.

In the form of embodiment of the invention exhibited in Fig. 6 the fastening device is Vshown as provided with but one head, and in practice this vis to be spaced from the rubber heel a distance equal to the thickness of the lilt for the purpose already stated.

While not herein shown, it is to be understood that the tread-surface of the heel may bo roughened or indented to prevent slipping, and as' this will be readily understood detailed illustration thereof is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As a new article of manufacture, a rnbber heel for boots and shoes, having fastening devices projecting beyond'its upper face and provided each with a head havinga at base, the distance between the bases ofthe heads and the upper face of the heel being substantially equal to the thickness of an ordinary heel-lift, andthe vertical thickness of the said heads being less than the thickness of a lift, whereby when the heel is associated with a shoe, penetration of the `upper lift, which would result in discomfort to the wearer of the shoe, is obviated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. As a. new article of manufacture, a rubber heel forboots and shoes, having fastening devices projecting beyond its upper face and l provided each with a plurality of heads having flat bases, the distance between the said bases of the several heads, and the distance between the bases of the lower heads and the upper face of the heel being substantially equal to the thickness of an' ordinary heel-lift, and the vertical thickness of the terminal heads being less than the thickness of alift, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WILLIS LEWTON. Witnesses:

T. B. ROBINSQN,v l-IAYDEN SAYLoR. 

